Westley Harris is from Copperhill, Tennessee and graduated from Copper Basin High School in 2010. He is an Instrumental Music Education major at East Tennessee State University. Westley got his start in music at the age of eleven when he played the banjo. Eventually, at the age of fifteen, he picked up the fiddle and primarily played bluegrass. Since coming to ETSU, he has been taking violin lessons with Jane MacMorran and performs regularly with the ETSU Celtic Pride band and different local groups playing a variety of music. Westley was inducted into the national music honors society, Pi Kappa Lambda, in 2013. He also serves as a member of President’s Pride, a service group that assists with a broad spectrum of campus activities. Westley plans to student teach in the fall and graduate in December 2014. Then he intends to pursue a master’s degree in Appalachian Studies. Student Half Recital